Adelia
Adelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 92 births. Its best rank was 322nd, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 920.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2017112 births
- Best rank
- #322in 1884
- Since 1880
- 5,628people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,628 girls have been named Adelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 112 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Adelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 303 | |
| 1890s | 384 | |
| 1900s | 373 | |
| 1910s | 606 | |
| 1920s | 638 | |
| 1930s | 374 | |
| 1940s | 360 | |
| 1950s | 263 | |
| 1960s | 204 | |
| 1970s | 164 | |
| 1980s | 176 | |
| 1990s | 189 | |
| 2000s | 400 | |
| 2010s | 785 | |
| 2020s | 409 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Adelia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Adelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Matildapeak 2024
- Estellapeak 1921
- Adapeak 1918
- Lettiepeak 2024
- Clarapeak 1918
- Laviniapeak 1921
- Maggiepeak 2007
- Lennapeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.